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in some ways efforts by the obama administration actually slow down the american with respect to the foreign policy there are are you hopeful signs all the nomination hate all of my but given the extent to which the obama administration still seems to be wedded to a program of using drones. our has the various laws specifically the issue of being able to target and assassinate people sensibly around the world including the beer's americans i'm not sick or sanguine about the prospects or seeing us move or for the united states being a country which basically respects international we and also ties we respect the liberties of our own people. israel will elect a new parliament on tuesday and prime minister benjamin netanyahu predicted to come out on top here many israelis don't think his policies are radical enough with a one time netanyahu supporter reaping the rewards. reports on why the israeli there even has to fight against his former allies now. he's the surprise success story of israel's election campaign one twin millionaire who says a palestinian state would be suicide for isra
in some ways efforts by the obama administration actually slow down the american with respect to the foreign policy there are are you hopeful signs all the nomination hate all of my but given the extent to which the obama administration still seems to be wedded to a program of using drones. our has the various laws specifically the issue of being able to target and assassinate people sensibly around the world including the beer's americans i'm not sick or sanguine about the prospects or seeing...
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the and it's backed by by washington by the obama administration which gives them additional clout the problem is they just ram through a constitution that in effect what's happening is the muslim brotherhood is establishing islamic dictatorship i think they're so preoccupied with this sure real agenda this is a llama sation look reading this just heard a state which the fact all those years are merging to be in islam it sasha but i would carry a regime that will regulate every corner of life and they're less concerned evidently with the real function of the common be so that. you probably need to right now. a terror attack alarm in libya's second largest city three european governments call for the immediate evacuation of their citizens amid fears the city could be ripped apart by terror attacks soon more on that in a few minutes. career is warning of war saying it will attack south korea if its neighbor takes part in fresh u.n. sanctions eltham eighteen months a third day of fairy rhetoric with pyongyang previously involving more nuclear and ballistic tests james corbet editor of a j
the and it's backed by by washington by the obama administration which gives them additional clout the problem is they just ram through a constitution that in effect what's happening is the muslim brotherhood is establishing islamic dictatorship i think they're so preoccupied with this sure real agenda this is a llama sation look reading this just heard a state which the fact all those years are merging to be in islam it sasha but i would carry a regime that will regulate every corner of life...
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administration has charged him with violating the espionage act and he is now facing jail time for what he's made public. but the a.c.l.u. was among karaoke supporters that are calling for his prison sentence to be commuted their recent letter to president obama states quote we urge you to take action in this matter mr president please do not let this injustice stands commute john kiriakou sentence and last night at a cafe here in d.c. kiriakou supporters honored him and others that they say simply speak the truth artie's jestina underhill was there. john kiriakou former cia agent and anti torture whistleblower may never see him self in the national portrait gallery but he was celebrated in a different kind of ceremony when state evening the portrait is the newest edition in the americans who tell the truth series by artist robert shirley one of the things that we believe in in this country it's in our constitution and in our legal structure is that we don't torture and that's why i paid it john kiriakou human rights activists legal scholars and other supporters turned out for the celeb
administration has charged him with violating the espionage act and he is now facing jail time for what he's made public. but the a.c.l.u. was among karaoke supporters that are calling for his prison sentence to be commuted their recent letter to president obama states quote we urge you to take action in this matter mr president please do not let this injustice stands commute john kiriakou sentence and last night at a cafe here in d.c. kiriakou supporters honored him and others that they say...
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and the obama administration bailed out large corporate financial institutions and the federal reserve has spent the past four years with its quantitative easing program providing cheap loans to large financial institutions these two things combined have allowed for corporations to make a lot of money and that's not being realized on main street because all that money more or less just sits with those organizations they're not investing it they've got productivity up all unemployment stays down so i would say it's because of the president's policies but not necessarily in the ways that he may want to be and just saying i want to get your take we have heard. different corporate c.e.o.'s say that it is in spite of president obama's efforts that they are experiencing this one hundred seventy one percent profits what is your take about these to test them and how president obama stacks up against them considering the stimulus and quantitative easing so corporate profits after taxes are at about one point seven trillion dollars as of two thousand and two and before the financial crisis they
and the obama administration bailed out large corporate financial institutions and the federal reserve has spent the past four years with its quantitative easing program providing cheap loans to large financial institutions these two things combined have allowed for corporations to make a lot of money and that's not being realized on main street because all that money more or less just sits with those organizations they're not investing it they've got productivity up all unemployment stays down...
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started trying to track these guns when the obama administration came along they they flipped the name of it from whatever it was called to the bush administration fast and furious and ultimately some border guard got killed with one of the guns that they were tracking and this caused this whole and at that point it became to the attention of eric holder and barack obama but this was not a program they proposed this was a continuation by the bureaucracy in the a.t.f. of a program that started under the bush administration era you know their allies is trying to turn into something you know about it's nonsense it's political grandstanding kelly in elmwood park illinois birth. so i just have a comment and i'd like your opinion on it i'm still furious at hearing that obama is not and wasn't born in america i. this is to every republican out there if this were true what is the team from the pool. both of them spending millions and millions and millions who wins the election don't you think mccain would have investigated this and would have found out the real truth this is not a political ke
started trying to track these guns when the obama administration came along they they flipped the name of it from whatever it was called to the bush administration fast and furious and ultimately some border guard got killed with one of the guns that they were tracking and this caused this whole and at that point it became to the attention of eric holder and barack obama but this was not a program they proposed this was a continuation by the bureaucracy in the a.t.f. of a program that started...
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so you blamed president obama and the obama administration for colluding with movie companies in order to orchestrate this giant arrest here in new zealand is this kind of give and take relationship between washington and hollywood although you say it is or are you just the exception does this really exist well i mean you have to look at the players behind this case ok the driving force of course is chris dodd the chairman of the m.p.a. and he was a senator for a long time and he is according to joe biden joe biden's best friend and the state attorney that is in charge of this case has been joe biden's personal counsel while you was a senator right and also worked as an anti-piracy you know manager for the b.s.a. business office or c. asian which is basically like the m.p.a. but for software companies so and also the timing is very interesting you know. the election time. fundraisers in hollywood set for february march april and you know they had to be some kind of plan b. and turn it in for sopa and you know hollywood is a very important contributor to bombers campaign not just with m
so you blamed president obama and the obama administration for colluding with movie companies in order to orchestrate this giant arrest here in new zealand is this kind of give and take relationship between washington and hollywood although you say it is or are you just the exception does this really exist well i mean you have to look at the players behind this case ok the driving force of course is chris dodd the chairman of the m.p.a. and he was a senator for a long time and he is according...
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saying in some ways efforts by the obama administration actually slow down the american way with respect to the foreign policy there are are you hopeful signs over the nomination hey goal by but given the extent to which the obama administration still seems to be wedded to a program of using drones the hour it has on the various laws specifically the issue of being able to target and assassinate people sensibly around the world including the fears americans are not sick or sanguine about the prospects or or toward the united states being a country which basically respects international we and also desires we respect the liberties of our own people. also we have for you this hour damascus calls on the syrian opposition to lay down arms the country's minister remains preconditions for talks while the opposition coalition seeks more backing to form a transitional government. and the wrong name for your life later on we have a story about half naked man from a train in the middle of a frozen forest and manage to survive that's coming up after the short break. we speak your language. programs
saying in some ways efforts by the obama administration actually slow down the american way with respect to the foreign policy there are are you hopeful signs over the nomination hey goal by but given the extent to which the obama administration still seems to be wedded to a program of using drones the hour it has on the various laws specifically the issue of being able to target and assassinate people sensibly around the world including the fears americans are not sick or sanguine about the...
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was in power and now the obama administration has you know uniformly embraced it the obama administration has aggressively refused to allow any checks and balances and has even refused congressional requests to disclose how many americans have been spied on so things like that i mean a really troubling and i don't think he's going to get as much pushback from congress as as one might hope in the foreign policy realm obama as unfortunately continued much of his predecessor's excesses and recklessness we will see a continuation of foreign policy of extreme interventionism getting involved in every corner of the planet regardless of the consequences. when i return back to our top story this hour the aftermath of the deadly hostage siege in algeria carried out by islamist terrorists in retaliation for the french campaign in mali live to a former british ambassador to algeria graeme han. from london thank you for being with us with us ambassador several british civilians were among those killed during the gas plant takeover will go in continue do you think to support the french intervention in
was in power and now the obama administration has you know uniformly embraced it the obama administration has aggressively refused to allow any checks and balances and has even refused congressional requests to disclose how many americans have been spied on so things like that i mean a really troubling and i don't think he's going to get as much pushback from congress as as one might hope in the foreign policy realm obama as unfortunately continued much of his predecessor's excesses and...
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when the bush administration was in power and now the obama administration has you know uniformly embraced it the obama administration has aggressively refused to allow any checks and balances and has even refused congressional requests to disclose how many americans are for been spied on so things like that i mean a really troubling and i don't think he's going to get as much pushback from congress as as one might hope in the foreign policy realm obama has unfortunately continued much of his predecessor's excesses and recklessness we will see a continuation of foreign policy of extreme interventionism getting involved in every corner of the planet. regardless of the consequences. now so we have for this hour alarms bells ringing for germany's chancellor merkel the party suffer as another regional voting downs gets stronger she'll win a third term in office. and running for your own life and later on we have the story of a half naked man who fell from a train in the middle of a frozen forest and managed to survive that's coming after a short break to stay with us. do we speak your language
when the bush administration was in power and now the obama administration has you know uniformly embraced it the obama administration has aggressively refused to allow any checks and balances and has even refused congressional requests to disclose how many americans are for been spied on so things like that i mean a really troubling and i don't think he's going to get as much pushback from congress as as one might hope in the foreign policy realm obama has unfortunately continued much of his...
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was in power and now the obama administration has you know uniformly embraced it the obama administration has aggressively refused to allow any checks and balances and has even refused congressional requests to disclose how many americans have been spied on so things like that i mean a really troubling and i don't think he's going to get as much pushback from congress as as one might hope in the foreign policy realm obama as unfortunately continued much of his predecessor's excesses and recklessness we will see a continuation of foreign policy of extreme interventionism getting involved in every corner of the planet regardless of the consequences. israel seems to be bringing up a generation of young patriots money of government award bonuses to high school teachers who succeeded in motivating students to do their army service more on that head to our t. dot com. also online europe incased and snow is extremely low temperatures result in transport chaos and flights canceled across the continent. syria's opposition coalition is struggling to form an interim government head of the group has
was in power and now the obama administration has you know uniformly embraced it the obama administration has aggressively refused to allow any checks and balances and has even refused congressional requests to disclose how many americans have been spied on so things like that i mean a really troubling and i don't think he's going to get as much pushback from congress as as one might hope in the foreign policy realm obama as unfortunately continued much of his predecessor's excesses and...
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but the and it's backed by by washington by the obama administration which gives them additional clout the problem is they just ram through a constitution that in effect what's happening is the muslim brotherhood is establishing an islamic dictatorship i think they're so preoccupied with this sure real agenda this islamization of creating this this state which de facto is emerging to be an islamic fascist regime a totalitarian regime that will regulate every corner of life and they're less concerned evidently with the real functioning know what comedy so that. you probably need to right now a terror attack alarm in libya's second largest city three european governments call for the immediate situation of their citizens and then fears the city could soon be ripped apart by attacks more on that for you in just a few minutes. also ahead the dismal figures which expose britain's fragile finances there is a country may slip into another recession and lose its top notch credit rating up to g.d.p. shrinks again. as stories told to come but first an ex cia veteran who oversaw the capture of hi
but the and it's backed by by washington by the obama administration which gives them additional clout the problem is they just ram through a constitution that in effect what's happening is the muslim brotherhood is establishing an islamic dictatorship i think they're so preoccupied with this sure real agenda this islamization of creating this this state which de facto is emerging to be an islamic fascist regime a totalitarian regime that will regulate every corner of life and they're less...
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the obama administration which gives them additional clout the problem is they just ram through a constitution in effect what's happening is the muslim brotherhood is establishing an islamic dictatorship with a minority a tiny minority of the actual voting age population and approving of something like eighty percent of the eligible voters voted for this constitution i'm so you talk about the constitution because of what i understand the to the two thousand and eleven revolution was started by those wanting a socially equal secular state how did they end up with a constitution based on sure we alone well this was the cleric who target the brotherhood networks played on the situation they made a dirty deal with the military find the votes of the majority of the population and they're going against the interests of a secular state which is to my knowledge a majority of what the egyptian people want from egyptian friends of mine what they tell me and they're pushing through really radical changes that most egyptians want no part of in their lives they want a peaceful democratic life the economy i
the obama administration which gives them additional clout the problem is they just ram through a constitution in effect what's happening is the muslim brotherhood is establishing an islamic dictatorship with a minority a tiny minority of the actual voting age population and approving of something like eighty percent of the eligible voters voted for this constitution i'm so you talk about the constitution because of what i understand the to the two thousand and eleven revolution was started by...
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administration to deal with a post assad syria. i do you know i don't think i don't think they're prepared to deal with that at all one of the problems with the various american led interventions over the years whether we're talking about bosnia kosovo libya and hopefully not in the future syria is that the goal mediately defined comes first and then worry about the consequences later is something that is not fully taken into account we look at for example the aftershocks of libya in mali and in algeria ok we will leave it and former us senate foreign policy adviser thank you for your time thank you good times at goldman sachs staff at the investment giant are reported to be getting a significant salary boost but a lot of that money has been made on the back of surging food prices which are leaving many around the world starving nearly my colleague in d.c. now we speak to our sees the legacy of ski he's been looking into the matter. this debate has been going on for many years now but this latest controversy is definitely making th
administration to deal with a post assad syria. i do you know i don't think i don't think they're prepared to deal with that at all one of the problems with the various american led interventions over the years whether we're talking about bosnia kosovo libya and hopefully not in the future syria is that the goal mediately defined comes first and then worry about the consequences later is something that is not fully taken into account we look at for example the aftershocks of libya in mali and...
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administration it was getting more and more ideological i think the war in the via was ideal what you call it didn't bring any fruit to assume that this needs obviously there is even there is going to be probably one more hostile to their resume in egypt so there's going to be more that i wanted to colleagues and you know you. disagree completely i think russia is a huge threat to the united states not to the united states or the united states citizens security wise secure now it's you curiosus no threat to the united states it's a threat to the uni polar vision of the western uni polar vision of the world it's a threat to us in germany it's a threat to the us being able to exert political military economic influence in different areas of the world that's the threat that russia presents to the united states and russia is in that case the biggest threat to the united states in the world china has the capability but not the political will it's part of their nature as an elite they're all engineers within a pullet bureau they don't they don't they don't have that aggressive combative att
administration it was getting more and more ideological i think the war in the via was ideal what you call it didn't bring any fruit to assume that this needs obviously there is even there is going to be probably one more hostile to their resume in egypt so there's going to be more that i wanted to colleagues and you know you. disagree completely i think russia is a huge threat to the united states not to the united states or the united states citizens security wise secure now it's you curiosus...
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well i think this is one of the areas where we may see a subtle change in the obama administration certainly the first term was marked more by consistency with the broad foreign power of its in and. of george w. bush then by difference from and now if we look at the new team he's bringing in now there definitely are some signs of shift the most important such sign is the appointment of charcoal to be the new secretary of defense chuck hagel is i mean this is not mince words about this he's an hour right in the me of the neo cons in washington he'd love nothing more than to take them on the debate them his nomination is already opening the door for a debate about the iraq war and whether it was a big mistake for the country something that he go believes and i think by and large obama believes. so i think we see a bit of a shift and maybe the laying of a foundation for a reduction in military spending in fact i think that maybe the reason to tap a republican just as clinton did in his second term on the thinking a republican can make cuts in the defense budget that a democrat could not make an
well i think this is one of the areas where we may see a subtle change in the obama administration certainly the first term was marked more by consistency with the broad foreign power of its in and. of george w. bush then by difference from and now if we look at the new team he's bringing in now there definitely are some signs of shift the most important such sign is the appointment of charcoal to be the new secretary of defense chuck hagel is i mean this is not mince words about this he's an...
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administration so it's going to be a very tough month ahead for coalition forming and this may not be the last election campaign we may see here in the coming year we may have a period of unstable well i'm an unstable government and new elections well a major reason it is the state solution israel palestinian conflict that seems to be in a shambles netanyahu wants more settlements how is that affecting his image at home . well i beg to differ it is perhaps in shambles right now because there is no initiative coming from either israel or outside of it however once president obama is just being inaugurated for his second term once he comes out with a major diplomatic initiative with secretary of state john kerry who is for such an initiative then most of the israeli public may turn against or against his own prime minister if he tries to to appear though such an initiative the silent majority in music once a solution and the only possible the only practical solution is the two state solution so we may yet see within the next year or two some breakthrough towards such a solution well let
administration so it's going to be a very tough month ahead for coalition forming and this may not be the last election campaign we may see here in the coming year we may have a period of unstable well i'm an unstable government and new elections well a major reason it is the state solution israel palestinian conflict that seems to be in a shambles netanyahu wants more settlements how is that affecting his image at home . well i beg to differ it is perhaps in shambles right now because there is...
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administration will be less warmongering towards the bridge but two of the country's leading middle east experts orange convinced vision i would bet a certain amount of money we will hear the words all options are on the table come out of his come out of his mouth in addition to the point that we have the appointment of john brennan at the cia who i think is someone who the israelis are just fine with who will continue many of the covert programs of course or drone program but many of the covert programs that would be under his under his authority at the cia that will be very much to israel's liking that will serve to undermine any attempts or any possibilities for. coming to terms of the islamic republic of iran john brennan has been in charge of president obama's targeted assassinations program is a point of push the notorious war on terror in a different perspective and shows that it's far from over they want wars that will not redound against them at home politically so they don't want any more body bags they don't want more american troops. to the extent they want to prevent th
administration will be less warmongering towards the bridge but two of the country's leading middle east experts orange convinced vision i would bet a certain amount of money we will hear the words all options are on the table come out of his come out of his mouth in addition to the point that we have the appointment of john brennan at the cia who i think is someone who the israelis are just fine with who will continue many of the covert programs of course or drone program but many of the...
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but has continued under president obama and what. hillary clinton did which was more important than anything else during her four years as secretary of state was to be part of the coalition the phalanx if you will of pro-war people which included general mcchrystal. admiral. the admiral mullen and bob gates the secretary of defense she was part of that coalition which really left president obama no choice but to go along with the forty thousand troops that the military was demanding that the crystal was demanding for afghanistan and that was the beginning of this long term trend which usurped the power over u.s. national security policy and in fact over u.s. foreign policy as well because that has dominated everything else the united states has done abroad so i think really the most important part of her legacy was to be an empowering factor in the war in afghanistan so will john kerry continue with that legacy will we see a change in direction. oh absolutely i think we can expect that john kerry will. perforce will wilma must follow
but has continued under president obama and what. hillary clinton did which was more important than anything else during her four years as secretary of state was to be part of the coalition the phalanx if you will of pro-war people which included general mcchrystal. admiral. the admiral mullen and bob gates the secretary of defense she was part of that coalition which really left president obama no choice but to go along with the forty thousand troops that the military was demanding that the...
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this of ministration has prosecuted more whistleblowers than all previous administrations combined and while protecting those who have committed which are who have ordered torture behind this wall of classification contrary to popular belief president obama didn't stop the united states and portraying he just stopped it from torturing on his watch through an executive order which means that the us could be only another executive order away from some other president or vice president deciding to torture again the thirty month sentence is being talked about as part of john kiriakou plea deal but the judge could still refuse to settle for that meaning he could potentially face full great to jail time and as for the accusations former cia officer ray mcgovern believes them to be political. he's being punished out of range hypocrisy. look at the chronology here in two thousand and seven john kiriakou came out very loudly against torture as being not worthy of the united states and not efficient not a way to get information what happened well the instructions were to get people to confess co
this of ministration has prosecuted more whistleblowers than all previous administrations combined and while protecting those who have committed which are who have ordered torture behind this wall of classification contrary to popular belief president obama didn't stop the united states and portraying he just stopped it from torturing on his watch through an executive order which means that the us could be only another executive order away from some other president or vice president deciding to...
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and one of the criticisms of is of course this this idea that obama is continuing policies of the bush administration through drones yes we're going to possibly have less boots on the ground. but this is something that a lot of people are expecting to continue in his second term what do you think. it will continue in a second term i don't see any chance of letting up i mean just this morning there are reports that some insurgents were killed in yemen and you know i mean this is a continuation and this goes back to the previous question you know we have to look at this more broadly more you know it comprehensively of the issues on the problems are going on in the world it's you know we're not going to solve anything and this goes for ever very good leadership a friend government throughout the globe basically you're not going to solve your problems through this kind of crash and this kind of direct violence you really have to work harder and i mean you know.
and one of the criticisms of is of course this this idea that obama is continuing policies of the bush administration through drones yes we're going to possibly have less boots on the ground. but this is something that a lot of people are expecting to continue in his second term what do you think. it will continue in a second term i don't see any chance of letting up i mean just this morning there are reports that some insurgents were killed in yemen and you know i mean this is a continuation...